Hi

i have a few questions. I am using red hat 8.0 and trying to host my own web page and mail server.

1. I want to host my own mail server, do i need virus checking on the Server?
2. How do i make the changes i made to iptables stick? They seem to flush out after a reboot
3. How do i create a new mailbox for a user using sendmail?
4. How do i setup my windows 2000 machine to accept mail through the mail server?
5. What do i need to do to secure my web and mail hosting server? Any good reference sites i can look at please?

1. It is nice if you are in a production environment (corporate LAN).
2. after making changes type " iptables-save > /etc/sysconfig/iptables "
3. Been a while, check http://www.sendmail.org
4. In the client email programs settings, set the incoming mail server to the sendmail servers ip address and port number.
5. http://www.netfilter.org and of course if you get stuck http://www.linuxquestions.org

1. An antivirus program running with sendmail integration on the server is nice, but tough to configure.

2. Same as above post

3. To create a new mailbox for sendmail, simply create a new user on the server. It automatically creates a mailbox for that new user and password.

4. Provided you get name resolution inside your network (lan), put your server's hostname in the "incoming" and "outgoing" boxes in Outlook. If you are not getting name resolution, put the server INTERNAL IP address.

5. Agreed, use netfilter, or set up a firewall manually in Linux. Also, if you have the time and money, use Checkpoint Firewall.

Hope that helps!

Chris

Thanks you guys you killed 2 birds with one stone! (killed? mybe hit is the right word)

Thanks lotz and lotz and lotz